Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 840: Shazhu is confused
July 15th, rest day

Wang Zhan woke up early as usual. Today was a very important day. Yesterday, Director Wang brought Secretary Li to his home to inform them that there would be a reporter interview tomorrow and asked them to prepare.

Wang Zhan didn't care, but He Yushui didn't sleep well all night. He kept thinking about what the reporters would ask and how he would answer. Lying in bed, the more questions he thought about, the more he didn't sleep well.

Early in the morning, the cicadas in the trees began to chirp non-stop. Wang Zhan did some boxing, and now he had almost no time left for meditation. He had reached a bottleneck, and his internal strength had reached its limit, but he didn't know how to break through. So no matter how he tried to practice his internal skills, there was no progress. Sometimes it even caused some damage to his body, so he stopped.

Washing, feeding, cooking, and then waking up her sister, it was already past seven o'clock. After Wang Li got up, she first said "eh", and then asked, "Brother, where is Sister Yushui? Why can't I see her?"

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "She's waiting for you to wake her up. I fried some salted fish, cooked some green bean porridge, and fried eggs today. Hurry up and wake up this lazy bug."

"Haha, finally I'm not the only lazy bum. I'll go find the bigger lazy bum." After saying that, Wang Li jumped off the bed and ran to He Yushui's room in her sandals.

When Wang Zhan saw He Yushui, she was staring at the fried fish, her eyes wide open and she kept yawning.

Wang Zhan was amused and said, "It's just an interview, why are you so excited?"

He Yushui suddenly woke up and said angrily: "What are you looking at? Am I excited? I'm nervous."

Wang Li drank the porridge without swallowing it, and said directly: "You have become a lazy bug, there is no need to be nervous, you should have the temperament and backbone of a lazy bug, treat everything without caring, and stay in bed to the end."

After hearing what Wang Li said, Wang Zhan and He Yushui couldn't eat anymore and burst into laughter.

The street office was also busy at this time. No one was resting today. Even Uncle Liu at the door started cleaning the door early. Today's arrangements were very detailed. In the morning, the leaders of the steel rolling mill and the leaders of the street office expressed their condolences and commendations to He Yushui and Wang Zhan, and then they would arrive at the meeting room of the street office together to conduct interviews from all parties, then take photos, and finally interview Wang Zhan.

Therefore, the hygiene and image of the street office became the top priority. Director Wang came early in the morning before dawn, took a round first, and then began to assign work when everyone arrived. Everyone threw themselves into the work with high morale. Even the deputy director personally took the lead in organizing a team to thoroughly clean the internal toilets in the courtyard and three public toilets outside.

Director Yang is in high spirits today because Secretary Wang had a private talk with him yesterday. Secretary Wang will retire in a year and he felt there was no need for him to be in the limelight, so he gave the opportunity to Director Yang. Director Yang became the beneficiary. Today he had an exclusive interview with a worker and peasant newspaper, and the content was "speeding up the construction of supporting ancillary facilities to ensure logistical support for the workers."

At eight o'clock in the morning, the senior leaders of the factory, who had eaten breakfast in the cafeteria, gathered in the conference room. Secretary Wang also made a final mobilization and some instructions on precautions. Then Director Yang took these senior leaders and set off with the things prepared in advance.

There is always a loophole. The steel mill was well prepared, but for some reason Director Yang's temporary secretary said something extra. This secretary probably wanted to show that he knew the workers well. The secretary said to Director Yang, "Director, you may not know that the third place is He Yushui. Do you know who his brother is?" Director Yang was startled and asked, "Who is he? Is he from our factory?"

"The factory manager is very accurate. Her brother is He Yuzhu, who works in the cafeteria."

Director Yang felt that the name was unfamiliar, so he turned around and asked the logistics director Li Huaide, "Is there a person named He Yuzhu in the cafeteria?"

Li Huaide was also confused. He also felt that the name was unfamiliar. The secretary reacted quickly and said, "Oh, leaders, I didn't make it clear. It's Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu's original name is He Yuzhu."

At once, both leaders reacted and were happy. Isn't this a good thing? These are the workers' families, so we need to publicize them more to show that the factory attaches importance to the education of family members and has made achievements.

Just these few short words made Director Yang change his mind. He waved his hand and asked the security chief to lead the way and went straight to Sha Zhu's house. As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the alley, they started beating drums and gongs, and all the residents of Maoer Hutong were alarmed. It was a convoy, two cars, and a large Liberation truck used for propaganda. The people in the cars were sweating profusely, beating drums and gongs, and there was a banner in front that read "Warmly congratulate our factory family member He Yushui for ranking third in the primary school to junior high school entrance examination."

Their original itinerary was to first go to the neighborhood office, meet up with reporters and people from the neighborhood office, and then go directly to the home of the first winner, Wang Zhan. However, Director Yang believed that the family members of the factory workers should receive the first commendation, so he arbitrarily changed their itinerary.

The steel mill's convoy made a lot of noise. Yuer Hutong and Maoer Hutong are adjacent to each other, and as soon as the noise came out, everyone in the yard on the street office side heard it. Director Wang didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was the noise made by other families who were celebrating a happy event. She was now in the conference room entertaining journalists and waiting for the arrival of people from the steel mill.

Director Yang took the lead, because he was familiar with the yard where Sha Zhu lived, and he had a close relationship with the deaf old lady in the backyard. Director Yang also had selfish motives for coming to Sha Zhu first this time, because the deaf old lady had mentioned many times that Sha Zhu was her grandson, and the obvious implication was that Sha Zhu would take care of her in her old age. So in the factory, Director Yang also took good care of Sha Zhu.

At this time, Sha Zhu was still asleep. As soon as Director Yang appeared at the entrance of the alley, Yan Bugui, who was guarding the door, understood what was going on. He quickly asked Yan Jiecheng to inform Yi Zhonghai. He stood at the door and waited respectfully. After all, Hongxing Primary School was under the name of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, so these people were his leaders.

Yi Zhonghai was shocked when he heard it, and quickly asked Auntie Li Cuilan to call Sha Zhu. He tidied himself up and hurried out to the main entrance. Director Yang saw Yi Zhonghai at a glance, walked over with a smile, shook Yi Zhonghai's hand and said, "Master Yi, you also live in this courtyard. Your courtyard is really a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery. Is Sha Zhu here? Oh, is his sister here?"

Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat. He was so excited that he forgot about He Yu's inability to stay awake. However, Yi Zhonghai reacted quickly and said, "Sha Zhu is here. He will come out soon. His sister? You should ask Sha Zhu."

As Yi Zhonghai led the way to the central courtyard, Yan Bugui followed behind, greeting everyone and introducing himself. Not to mention, his title as a teacher at Red Star Primary School really made the people behind him polite to him.

Sha Zhu was already standing at the door of his house at this time. As he often cooked special meals for his superiors, he knew most of them. But when the lady told him that these people were there to see him, he was completely stunned.

(End of this chapter)